Artist friend Nance McManus sent me this wonderful image by the 20th century Russian artist Ivan Bilibin.
I wasn’t aware of him, but there is a lot on Wiki here, including many wonderful paintings and other images.
I won’t be owning one soon– Sotheby’s asking price for “The Hunt” was in the middle hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Tolkien should have had him illustrate his books.
WH
Beautiful picture.
I wonder why every four legged animal in the picture is standing on it’s hind legs.
Symbolic of speed or power in motion?
Pat
He has a beautiful style, this one particularly speaks to the current popularity of vector art. I wonder if he ever illustrated a story about border collies. :c)